The myth of the genius hacker

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Cyber Security myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is director of the Cambridge Cybercrime Centre and professor of emergent harms at the University of Cambridge In the past few weeks you might have heard the name “Scattered Spider” in relation to … Read more

Internal trade barriers are as stifling as tariffs

This article is an on-site version of Free Lunch newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Thursday and Sunday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Welcome back. It’s a busy time for trade negotiators. Nations are trying to bargain with the White House … Read more

Friedrich Merz’s stumbling start

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Friedrich Merz era got off to a shaky start. After years of infighting and drift in Berlin, the chancellor’s arrival was supposed to be a new beginning for Germany and for Europe, both yearning … Read more

Britain’s trade deals are a starting point

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Britain has been in dealmaking mood this week. On Thursday, it announced an agreement that reduces prospective duties on its auto, steel and aluminium exports to the US, making it the first nation … Read more

the case for junior lawyers is undermined by AI

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. They consume vast tracts of content, cost a packet to train and graft well past normal office hours. Junior lawyers have much in common with generative artificial intelligence. Galling, then, for the former to face … Read more

OpenAI still has a governance problem

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It can be hard to train a chatbot. Last month, OpenAI rolled back an update to ChatGPT because its “default personality” was too sycophantic. (Maybe the company’s training data was taken from transcripts of US … Read more

Merz averted disaster, but the knives are out

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the German politics myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer directs the Center on the US and Europe at the Brookings Institution It has been a disorienting week for Germans. The 80th anniversary of the second world war’s end has generated a new … Read more